[Pkg-bitcoin-devel] Bug#792231: Electrum version 1.9.8 vulnerable, needs update

[s7r]

Package: electrum
Version: 1.9.8


Update is needed for Electrum from version 1.9.8 to 2.3.x (include
backports for wheezy as well).

- On July 4th 2015, the Bitcoin network switched to v3 blocks (softfork)
which the newer version of Electrum knows about.

- Electrum 2.3.x has significant client-to-server communication
improvements, security and bug fixes as well as multiple options for
users to select custom inputs for a transaction when making a payment.

- Seeds from newer versions are not compatible with version 1.9.8. For
example, an user can't migrate his wallet from another OS running
Electrum 2.x to Debian, since his seed will not be compatible.

- Homepage https://www.electrum.org/